##brick suffered a kick to the head , and had to retire early in the second @ - @ half . following the loss of war ##brick , the play of the natives improved and they recovered to win 11 – 7 . not long after the game concluded rumours circulated that some of the players had been offered ₤ 50 by book ##makers to throw the game . e ##yt ##on later said : it was on the occasion of this match that four of our players were thought , in racing par ##lance , to be playing " stiff " , and that they had been got by some book ##ies ; at all events , when accused of it at half @ - @ time
##brick suffered a kick to the head, and had to retire early in the second @ - @ half. following the loss of warbrick, the play of the natives improved and they recovered to win 11 – 7. not long after the game concluded rumours circulated that some of the players had been offered ₤ 50 by bookmakers to throw the game. eyton later said : it was on the occasion of this match that four of our players were thought, in racing parlance, to be playing " stiff ", and that they had been got by some bookies ; at all events, when accused of it at half @ - @ time